Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha

Masahiro Morizumi

Takafumi Honjo

Hayato Yabuki

Hiroyuki Hirakawa

A system for managing facilities comprises an acoustic event detector including an acoustic sensor for detecting an acoustic event in a compartment of a facility, a facility terminal electrically connected to the acoustic event detector, and an external server communicating with the facility terminal via a network. At least one of the facility terminal and the external server comprises a processor. The processor is configured to implement the steps of: extracting a respiratory disease symptom of a user in the facility from the detected acoustic event; assessing the respiratory disease symptom of the user to generate infection risk information associated with an infection risk of a next user expected to use the facility; and transmitting the infection risk information to at least one of an external user terminal, the external server, and a third party via the network. A method for managing facilities is also provided.

System and method for managing facilities

A system for managing shared vehicles comprises an acoustic event detector including an acoustic sensor for detecting an acoustic event in a compartment of a vehicle, a vehicle terminal electrically connected to the acoustic event detector, and an external server communicating with the vehicle terminal via a network. At least one of the vehicle terminal and the external server comprises a processor. The processor is configured to implement the steps of extracting a respiratory disease symptom of a passenger in the vehicle from the detected acoustic event, assessing the respiratory disease symptom of the passenger to generate infection risk information associated with an infection risk of a next passenger expected to ride the vehicle, and transmitting the infection risk information to an external user terminal via the network. A method for managing shared vehicles is also provided.

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Menlo Park, CA, United States of America

Masahiro Morizumi